Ányos Jedlik
✓ Source-basedstableHungarian physicist and Roman Catholic priest
ScientistsLived 1800 to 1895 · aged 95
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Ányos István Jedlik was a Hungarian inventor, engineer, physicist, and Benedictine priest. He was also a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and author of several books. He is considered by Hungarians and Slovaks to be the unsung father of the dynamo and electric motor.
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Photos 6
Statue of Jedlik and his cousin Gergely Czuczor in Győr
Jedlik's "lightning-magnetic self-rotor", 1827 (the world's first electric motor)
Jedlik's tubular voltage generator, which is probably the earliest impulse generator
Drawn plan of a "telephon" by Ányos Jedlik in Hungarian. Pannonhalma Archabbey, Kingdom of Hungary.
Jedlik's bust in his native village of ZemnéAwards 1
Connected to Ányos 6
Stanisław SzeptyckiAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
Prince Georg of BavariaAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
Prince Konrad of BavariaAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
Jan Kanty SzeptyckiAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
František PalackýAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)
Den KenjirōAlso won Knight Commander of the Order of the Iron Crown (Austria)About this person
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1800 to 1895 · aged 95
Written about in
21 languages
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